On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:00:53AM +0900, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote: > Add disable_cpu_apicid kernel parameter to disable the CPU with the > specified number of initial APIC ID, mostly used for the kdump 2nd > kernel to disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without causing system > reset or hang due to sending INIT from AP to BSP. > > Signed-off-by: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama at jp.fujitsu.com> I guess you don't require a separate patch for documentation. Just merge it with previous patch. So this becomes a single patch fix and not a series. Thanks Vivek > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > index 50680a5..dd77bec 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -774,6 +774,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. > disable= [IPV6] > See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. > > + disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,KEXEC,SMP] > + Format: <int> > + The number of initial APIC ID for the > + corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot, > + mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to > + disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without > + causing system reset or hang due to sending > + INIT from AP to BSP. > + > disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] > Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if > to workaround buggy firmware.
